"I'm from here. I grew up here. I grew up in East York so I'm a Toronto kid & definitely excited to raise my family here. Being able to be close to home, being around grandparents is important.
It's not like I'm leaving Dallas to go a team that hasn't been successful over the last number of years. There's a ton of elite talent and a new coach, a Cup champion. He's going to bring a different aspect, different game style maybe to how we want to play here," said Tanev before elaborating on what Craig Berube spoke to him about.
"He's a Cup winner. He has high expectations on his players. Both were very intriguing to me. He wants to bring a philosophy & approach that is suited to win games & that's extremely important to me as well."
